German-made Craftsman Fence Plier tool??

[dimwittedmoose51]

My wife played surrogate tool shopper Friday as I had to work and she did a great job finding bargains at a local yard sale.  One of the plums she found was a well used Craftsman Fence Pliers that may be just a bit smaller than the Crescent model currently being sold, but it is stamped made in Germany.  Any idea when this tool was made?  I don't ever recall seeing fench pliers at Sears, but I've been wring before.  I'd post a photo, but it looks just like any other pair of fence pliers I've ever seen.  More on the Friday night finds later.  She's more curious than me...and that's a good thing.

TIA


DM&FS

[rusty]

> I don't ever recall seeing fench pliers at Sears

Where do you think  the farmers bought all their stuff? LOL
Sears used to sell *everything* and *anything* ...

A lot of stuff was imported after the war to help Germany rebuild, including hand tools, without seeing it, I would  guess 50's...

The logo style may help date it....

[dimwittedmoose51]

Rusty, that's a great job of covert begging for a photo, I was totally hooked.Craftsman #45225.Logo looks pretty standard.

[rusty]

Nice : )

Best I can do is, after the war, before the 60's, the one in the catalog I have is beveled along the top edge, the same as the modern one (discontinued only this year by the way)

[lbgradwell]

What surprises me is that they don't say "West Germany"...

They were introduced in the 1960 catalogue , appeared all through the decade and in the 1970 catalogue, but are no longer described as "From W. Germany" in the 1972-73 catalogue. Sears seems to have started looking to Japan for their imported tools by then...

[v8garage]

Yes, it is unusual that it just says "GERMANY" instead of  "W. GERMANY" or "WEST GERMANY".  Normally old tools that are marked "GERMANY" only are considered to be made before WWII.
V/8

[elite1grey]

it was made before WW II if it was after would say west germany

[fflintstone]

it was made before WW II if it was after would say west germany

Not in this case.
Craftsman did not put catalog # on there tools till the 50's